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CVE-2022-2845

CVE-2022-2845HIGH

vim vim/vim — Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in vim/vim

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   N   R  U  H  H  H    7.8   .0053   43.9     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions       Fixed
  vim/vim  unspecified –  —

TIMELINE
  Aug 16  Reserved by @huntrdev
  Aug 17  Published (CNA: @huntrdev)
  Oct 9   EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2022-2845 (vim/vim). Public exploit reference added.

CWE-1284 · CNA: @huntrdev · CVSS v3.1 · 5 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0218.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
August 16, 2022	Reserved	Reserved by @huntrdev
August 17, 2022	Published	Published (CNA: @huntrdev)
October 9, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2022-2845 (vim/vim). Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
vim	vim/vim	—	unspecified	—

Weaknesses

CWE-1284

References (5)

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e98c88c44c308edaea5994b8ad4363e65030968c [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://huntr.dev/bounties/3e1d31ac-1cfd-4a9f-bc5c-213376b69445 [Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C72HDIMR3KTTAO7QGTXWUMPBNFUFIBRD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWOJOA7PZZAMBI5GFTL6PWHXMWSDLUXL/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16 [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2022-2845 at cve.org

Vendors: vim

Weaknesses: CWE-1284

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